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CVE-2018-9363

Public on 2018-11-06
Modified on 2019-10-23
Description

A buffer overflow due to a singed-unsigned comparsion was found in hidp_process_report() in the net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c in the Linux kernel. The buffer length is an unsigned int but gets cast to a signed int which in certain conditions can lead to a system panic and a denial-of-service.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2019-09-13 22:45 ALAS-2019-1280
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2019-09-13 23:09 ALAS2-2019-1280
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2019-09-13 23:13 ALAS2-2019-1281

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C